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'Asians in the Ivory Tower'
Each fall brings articles about rising Asian-American enrollments at leading colleges and universities. But according to Robert T. Teranishi, associate...
California Students Hold New Round of Protests
Many students in California held protests Thursday over budget cuts to higher education. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that thousands...
The Research at the Summit
Scholars contributed overviews on job training to the White House meeting on community colleges.
Find a Niche or Vanish
Universities that lack distinctive missions will go extinct, British pro vice chancellor warns.
(Somewhat) Sunnier Day in California
While criticized for relying on federal dollars and optimistic revenue projections, budget accord is first in years to please state higher ed leaders.
What Passes for a Raise Today
As budget anxieties persist, some universities address years of stagnant wages with one-time salary boosts instead of permanent raises.
Mario Vargas Llosa Wins Nobel in Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 was awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian author, "for his cartography of structures...
Standing Their Ground
Brown U. faculty refuse to endorse changes that would make tenure harder to earn, and that some fear would alter the teaching/research balance.